Joshua 24 in the early church

[Vulgate: Josue]

32 passages quote, allude to, or echo Joshua 24, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 2 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 23 · 24 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 32 · 33

Joshua 24:2

And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:2	Commentary on Romans 5:14 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
Josh 24:2	Question 108, section 3 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Josh 24:2	Question 115, section 11 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
Josh 24:2	Homilies on Matthew 8.5 · John Chrysostom	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390
Josh 24:2–13	Joshua, lines 520–545 · Cyprianus Gallus	allusion, high confidence	early 5th cent.
Josh 24:2	City of God 16.12 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426
Josh 24:2	Book 3, lines 310–331 · Claudius Marius Victor	echo, medium confidence	ca. 425-430

Joshua 24:14

Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:14	Exhortation to Martyrdom 17 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	235
Josh 24:14–22	Demonstration 15.4 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345
Josh 24:14–27	Joshua, lines 546–570 · Cyprianus Gallus	allusion, high confidence	early 5th cent.
Josh 24:14	City of God 16.12 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	413–426

Joshua 24:15

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:15	Exhortation to Martyrdom 17 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	235

Joshua 24:16

The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:16	Exhortation to Martyrdom 17 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	235

Joshua 24:17

For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:17	Exhortation to Martyrdom 17 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	235

Joshua 24:23

“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:23	Life of Antony 20 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360

Joshua 24:24

So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:24	Exhortation to Martyrdom 17 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	235

Joshua 24:26

Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:26–27	To Quirinus 2.16 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)

Joshua 24:27

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:27	On the Holy Spirit 13.30 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375

Joshua 24:28

Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:28–33	Joshua, lines 571–585 · Cyprianus Gallus	allusion, high confidence	early 5th cent.

Joshua 24:29

Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:29	Miscellanies 1.21.109 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
Josh 24:29	Preparation for the Gospel 9.30.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 313–324
Josh 24:29–30	Against Jovinianus 1.22 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393
Josh 24:29	City of God 18.11 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	413–426

Joshua 24:30

And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:30	Homilies on Joshua 26.1 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 24:30	Letter 39.4 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Josh 24:30	Letter 60.6 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Josh 24:30	Letter 108.13 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Joshua 24:32

And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:32	Bordeaux Pilgrim 588 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	333
Josh 24:32	Letter 57.10 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
Josh 24:32	Letter 109.2 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
Josh 24:32	Apostolic Constitutions 6.30.6 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380

Joshua 24:33

Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Josh 24:33	Letter 108.13 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419